taxonID	type	description	language	source
88A771AA82919387A4A7C1863C67E633.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The genus is characterised by a well sclerotised hypertrichous holodorsal shield, (podonotal area hypertrichous or with normal chaetotaxy), convex dorsal shield and flat venter, and a large genito-ventral shield, expanded posterior to the genital setae, with strong reticulated ornamentation. Pre-sternal plates present (lightly sclerotised in the new species); female sternal shield deeply concave in posterior margin and lateral corners extended to the level of coxa III, with three pairs of simple sternal setae; endopodal shields between coxae II and III fused with sternal shield. Metasternal setae st 4 always absent; pores iv 3 present on the posterolateral extensions of sternal shield; exopodal plate behind coxa IV triangular, more or less contiguous with but separate from peritrematal shields; peritrematal shield extending posteriorly well past coxae IV; genito-ventral shield with rounded posterior margin separate from anal shield, or with straight posterior margin touching anal shield; opisthogastric membrane with eight to nine pairs of smooth setae (r 6 is not included), setae Jv 5 and Zv 5 longer than other opisthogastric area setae or normal (not longer than the other dorsal setae); anterior margin of epistome smooth or with irregular minute denticulation; chelicera with small and robust digits with few teeth, dorsal seta sometimes absent. Hypostomal groove with four to six rows of denticles. Corniculi well-sclerotised; palp tarsal claw with two pointed tines. Legs shorter than idiosoma, genu IV with ten setae (2 2 / 1 3 / 1 1), genu I with seta pd 3 absent (2 3 / 2 2 / 1 2) or present (2 3 / 2 3 / 1 2). These characters are variable within the genus Laelaspisella: (1) dorsal seta of chelicera present or absent; (2) podonotal shield hypertrichous or with normal chaetotaxy; (3) setae Jv 5 and Zv 5 expanded or normal; (4) seta pd 3 on genu I present or absent; (5) extra opisthogastric setae present or absent; (6) genito-ventral shield with rounded posterior margin separate from anal shield, or with straight posterior margin touching anal shield; (7) Anterior margin of epistome smooth or with irregular minute denticulation. To separate Laelaspisella from Gymnolaelaps, the following characters can be used: Laelaspisella has (1) opisthonotal area of dorsal shield hypertrichous; (2) metasternal setae absent; (3) genu IV with two ventral setae; (4) pore iv 3 on sternal shield. Gymnolaelaps has (1) opisthonotal area of dorsal shield not hypertrichous; (2) metasternal setae present; (3) genu IV with one ventral seta; (4) pore iv 3 in soft skin.	en	Joharchi, Omid, Babaeian, Esmaeil, Jalalizand, Alireza (2016): Review of the genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, with the description of a new species from Iran (Acari, Laelapidae). ZooKeys 549: 13-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.6939, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.6939
5B0C13D11B509751B163A32E4B197FEA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. It is with great pleasure that we name this species after Elsa Joharchi, the new-born daughter of the first author.	en	Joharchi, Omid, Babaeian, Esmaeil, Jalalizand, Alireza (2016): Review of the genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, with the description of a new species from Iran (Acari, Laelapidae). ZooKeys 549: 13-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.6939, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.6939
